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No. 624,812. Patented May 9, I899. G. HUNZINGEB, Decd.

M. S. HUNZINGEB, G. HUNZINGER, .Ir., A. HUNZINGER &- H. HUNZINGEB,Exacutors.

CHAIR.

(Application filed Mar. 6, 1899.)

(No Modal.)

a H 21 G" u o "IE I NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- MARY S. HUNZINGER, GEORGE HUNZINGER, JR., ALFRED HUNZINGER ANDHENRIETTA HUNZINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., EXEOUTORS OF GEORGE HUNZINGER,DECEASED.

CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,812, dated May 9,1899. Application filed March 6, 1899. Serial No. 707,864. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that Gnoncn HUNZINGER, late of the city and State of NewYork, now deceased, did invent an Improvement-in Chairs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Chairs have been made with rigid tables attached to the arms, and insome instances the table has been pivoted, so as to be closed down whennot required for use.

The presentinvention relates to a peculiar construct-ion of combinedchair-arm and table by which the necessary strength to the chair isobtained, and the table when swung up for use is supported by a swingbracketarm from the rigid rail of the chair-arm, and when the table isturned down out of use the edge thereof forms the chair-arm.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the chair with the tableportions in section, the upper ends of the front legs being removed, andthe table at one side is represented as elevated into a position for useand i on the other side of the chair as turned down out of use. Fig. 2is an elevation representing the side of the chair with the table turneddown as out of use, and Figs. 3 aud t are sections showing modificationsin the shape of the arm.

The chair is provided with front legs A, the back legs B,and the seat 0.These parts may be of any desired character, and the .front and backlegs are united by the side upholstery work F between the rails E andthe side pieces D of the seat-frame, such curtain being upon the innersurfaces of the respective parts and toward the seat 0, there being anopen spaceabove the rails E be tween the same and "the arm-pieces G uponthe tables H.

The arm-pieces G are of any desired character and either rigidlyconnected to or integral with the respective tables, and the length 'ofeach arm-piece is usually slightly less than the distance between theupper ends of the legs A and B, so that such arms can be introduced withfacility between such legs, and

there are pivot-pins 2, one at each end of the arm-piece,passinginto theleg and upon which pivot-pins the table can be swung up horizontally orturned down, so as to hang betweenor against the upper portions of thelegs, the table when setting closely into the space provided for itbetween the legs, the surface of the table corresponds or nearly so tothe surfaces of the legs, and this is permitted in consequence of therails E and side pieces D of the seat-frame not being as wide as thelegs, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and it is remarked that the arm-pieces Gat the respective inner edges of the tables H may be of any desiredcharacter and more or less upholstered or ornamented, so that when thetable is turned down into a vertical position the end of the table andthe-arm-piece form a comfortable arm-rest, because the same comes upwardand is nearly horizontal and extends from the upper end of the back legto the upper end of the front leg, and the edges or angles should berounded 01f, as illustrated, so that there will be nothing sharp withwhich the arm or the body is liable to come into contact.

The pivot-pins 2 can be of any desired char- 7 acter and may be simplyround rods introduced into holes, so that the table can be applied inposition before the legs are secured to the seat-frame.

A suitable brace or bracket is to be provided beneath eachtable forsupporting the same when swung up into a horizontal position.

At I a brace is represented between the under side of the table and therail or frame E, and this brace comprises a short and long arm pivotedtogether and to hinge-plates secured to the table and chair frames andmade similar to a toggle or knee joint, as illustrated, so as to remainfirm when the table is swung up horizontally, but so as to allowtheparts to swing and fold when the table is swung down into a verticalposition. Braces or brackets of this kind are well known, and thepresent invention is not limited to the use of any par-.

ticular character of brace or bracket.

The surface of the table may be below the surface of thearm, as seen inFig. 4:, and the ends of the arm may pass beyond the upper ends of thelegs to receive the pivot-pins like hinges, as in Fig. 3.

Whatis claimed as the invention of GEORGE HUNZINGER, deceased, is

1. The combination with the front and back legs and the seat-frame, ofan arm-piece, pivots at the ends of the arm-piece for uniting the sameto the upper portions of the front and back legs, a table extending outfrom the arm-piece and adapted to occupy a vertical position between thelegs when swung down or to be swung up into a horizontal position, and abrace or bracket for supporting the same, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the seat-frame andlegs in achair, of anarm-piece and pivots for connecting the arm-piece to the upper portionsof the legs, a table extending out from the ar1n-piece,'a folding bracebeneath and connected at one end to the table for supporting the sameand a rail between one leg and the next to which the other end of thebrace is pivoted and which rail is narrower than the width of the legsso as to allow the table to fold down into the space between the legs,substantially as set forth.

3. In a chair having legs and a seat-frame connecting the legs and rail'E between the front'and back legs, the seat-frame and the rail beingless in thickness than the width of the legs so as to leave a recess'at.the outer surface of the leg-frame, in combination with a table and achair-arm permanently connected together and pivots for connecting theends of the arm to the upper ends of the front and back. legs and abrace for supporting the table horizontally after it has been swung upinto position, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the front and back legs and the seat-frame, ofan arm-piece, pivots at the ends of the arm-piece for uniting the sameto the upperjportions of the front and back legs, a table extending outfrom the arm-piece and adapted to occupy a vertical position when swungdown or to being swung up into a horizontal position, and a brace or Vbracket below the table and between the same 4

